The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

The role of Zen is neither to stand above life nor to run away from it, but to face it with a spirit of determination.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.